1. Definition
The word "binder" means "glue", and the adjective "hydrocarbon" indicates that the product contains mainly carbon and hydrogen atoms. Implicitly, a hydrocarbon binder is an organic binder.
The two main categories of hydrocarbon binders used in road construction and maintenance are coal tar and bitumen, as well as their by-products, which can be combined.
Contemporary history records that coal tar was the first hydrocarbon binder for road use because, at the end of the 19th century, the advent of the automobile forced road and street managers to combat the dust generated by traffic
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References
Organizations
The bibliographical references relating to bitumens and bituminous binders are extremely numerous and cannot be grouped together in a single work. For this reason, readers are invited to consult the sites listed below:
• Oil Standards Bureau (BNPé)
• French Petroleum Institute (IFP)...
Standards
Specific standards are mentioned in the text. Here, the reader will find a summary of the specification standards and general test methods that apply upstream of the specific methods. The latter must be included in the specification standards which use them.
To keep the text as short as possible, the titles of the standards listed below have been kept to a strict minimum. As a general rule, only the...
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